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Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
International prices will enable the government to halve export subsidy on wheat to less than Rs 500 crore in 2012-13
Doesnt mean govt will sell off DMS, instead it would ensure that it has more flexibility to conduct operations rather than running to the Union Agri Ministry
Food safety faces a threat because of faster trans-boundary transfer of microbiological, chemical hazard as a result of globalisation
Comments came amid government review of amendments to Income Tax Act and GAAR
Earlier, this ceiling was only Rs 25 lakh
The proposed NIB has run into rough weather following strong opposition from the ministry of environment and forests
Rajya Sabha is expected to take up debate on FDI in multi-brand retail and amendments to FEMA tomorrow
Punjab and Haryana levy taxes at the rate of 14.5% and 11.5% for every quintal of wheat purchased
Govt should immediately abolish the levy sugar mechanism, says sugar mill body
The debate is likely to begin around 2 p.m.
Mustard seed is the biggest oilseed grown in Indian during the rabi season
Sugar mills, who are the major suppliers of ethanol said that OMCs would need to procure around 88 crore litres of ethanol
On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha defeated two resolutions that sought to block foreign investment in multi-brand stores
Govt likely to win in Rajya Sabha too as BSP says will vote in favour of FDI
The procurement is almost 5.9% more than the same period last year
Q&A with internationally renowned agronomy and plant genetics scientist